After selling his software business for millions, Marcel Lebrun decided to pour his time and money into an affordable housing project in Fredericton. CBC’s Harry Forestell takes a closer look at the 12 Neighbours community and its impact on the people who live there.

  • jadero@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    What’s the mix of singles and families in the group needing shelter?

    What funds are available? Is it better to build 99 tiny houses or 50 regular but small houses or 25 moderately sized homes?

    What land and services are available? Are there differences in permitting?

    Are there differences in the construction process? Is it better to jumpstart a project returning nearly immediate results with a bunch of quick and easy to build tiny houses or to take much longer to build out?

    What I’d like to see is the long term plan. Is this the beginning of something grand or just a bandaid. It’s not that we don’t sometimes need bandaids, but it would be nicer to see a longer term plan.

    As a first step? Maybe it will prove to be a misstep, but at least someone is doing, not just talking. Learn as we go.

    • DoomsdaySprocket@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      1 year ago

      This project looks like a jump up from Seattle’s various tiny homes villages (Nickelsville, Othello, etc), which are around 120sq.ft each and don’t have running water, if I recall. Those are considered temporary housing, but this is a like a next step up.

      Curious how these ones interact with building codes, etc, being more permanent.

      Either way, people who haven’t frozen to death, been stabbed, or OD’d have more options for recovery and moving forward.

      • jadero@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, these ones don’t look far removed from the ones I’ve seen on YouTube that people with plenty of options choose to live in.